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The Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of southern Somerset County collected food for the Somerset County Food Bank on Saturday, Nov. 5, as part of their annual “Scouting for Food” food drive.

This drive on the first Saturday in November was earlier than in previous years, when it was conducted the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

On the last weekend in October, Scouts had distributed fliers and/or special collection bags to houses, asking all residents to place donations of nonperishable food in the bags on their doorsteps this morning, according to a news release. Then on Nov. 5, the Scouts collected the bags of food from the doorsteps of the residents, without the need to bother anyone.

About 2,000 bags of groceries, totaling around five tons of food, were collected.

According to Marie Scannell, executive director of the Somerset County Food Bank, this was the most successful food drive in years. This food will help supply the needs of the hungry this winter, Scannell said.

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Scouts in Middlesex County will conduct their food drive on Saturday, Nov. 12, with the food being donated to FISH, a food bank in Piscataway.

Donations of food to this program will go directly to local food pantries, according to the news release. From there it is distributed to the poor and needy. The Scouting for Food program has been one of the largest contributors to the Food Bank Network for the past 20 years, Scannell said..

The Food Bank is especially grateful for canned goods like vegetables, stew, beans, and tuna and dry goods like pasta, cereal, and rice.